Items tagged with TB care
Rights and responsibilities of tuberculosis patients, and the Global Fund: a qualitative study (post)
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Eric Goosby: Tackle TB to reduce maternal deaths: no time for complacency (post)
When I was in South Africa last year I had the opportunity to hear the story of Juliet, a young Ugandan woman who on the day she had heard the joyous news that she was expecting twins, she also discovered that she was living with HIV. Fearing that she would be ostracized by her husband, family and friends, she did not disclose her status and did not return for medication, finding it difficult to justify repeated monthly visits to the clinic, particularly given the family’s limited resources. After five months she became very ill with tuberculosis (TB) and for the same reasons found it difficult to adhere to treatment. When the twins were born, one tragically fell sick and died at four months. When the second one became ill with TB, she finally sought the care she and her baby needed.
Eliminate the TB scourge (post)
Cape Town — IT’S 1 a.m. A young mother approaches me during my hospital shift. She asks if her 2-year-old son will survive the night. He has been given a diagnosis of severe tuberculous , months after her husband was found to have drug-resistant . We suspect the child acquired the infection from his father.
Enhancing the role of pharmacists in the cascade of tuberculosis care (post)
Pharmacies in low and middle income countries serve a broad role in health service delivery. Their high numbers, long hours of operation, absence of appointments and user fees, and strong community presence make them highly accessible and desirable points of care within communities that have limited access to more specialized or qualified medical services and. South Africa, for example, has approximately 20,000 pharmacy personnel distributed countrywide; India has over 600,000. In many settings, pharmacists remain the first and only health care provider that patients utilize. Pharmacists can thus play an important role in facilitating optimal pathways to the care of tuberculosis, a disease which affects over 9 million individuals every year.
TB elimination: India can lead the way (post)
June 8, 2016 - As the Prime Minister of India speaks to the US Congress this week, a neglected epidemic threatens India's progress. It's not Ebola or Zika - but rather tuberculosis, an ancient disease that silently kills one Indian every 90 seconds. In one year's time, TB will sicken over 2.2 million Indians, and kill 300,000. Between 2006 and 2014, TB cost the Indian economy a staggering $340 billion. Because TB strikes people in the prime of their lives, it's the 3rd leading cause of healthy years of life lost.
World Health Organization’s TB care advice violated standards, researchers say (post)
Durham, NC - The World Health Organization (WHO) violated sound standards of medical care and human rights by nudging poorer countries to follow less expensive, untested and largely ineffective treatment protocols for tuberculosis patients, a new paper by researchers at Duke, Brandeis and Harvard universities argues.
Nutritional supplements for people being treated for active TB (post)
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Tuberculosis and malnutrition are linked in a complex relationship. Tuberculosis may cause undernutrition through increased metabolic demands and decreased intake, and nutritional deficiencies may worsen the disease, or delay recovery by depressing important immune functions. At present, there is no evidence-based nutritional guidance for adults and children being treated for tuberculosis.
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